Holster carton



Feb. 28, 1961 E. H. BERRY HOLSTER CARTON Filed Jan. 11, 1960 a; M T @332 FIG. 3

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HOLSTER cAnroN Elmer H. Berry, North Madison, Conn, assignor to The New Haven Board & Carton Company, New Haven, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Filed Jan. 11, 1960, Ser. No. 1,634

4 Claims. (Cl. 206-79) This invention relates to cartons and is concerned more particularly with a novel carton simulating a holster and for use in the shipment and distribution of toy revolvers. The new carton is ordinarily made of paperboard and it is formed with openings adapted to receive parts of a revolver, such as the grip and cylinder, and means forming a pocket resembling a holster. In addition, the carton is provided with means engageable with the revolver to hold the latter securely in place in the pocket and prevent it from falling out, if the carton is turned upside down. The carton can be shipped flat, so that it occupies little space, and it can be easily loaded and closed at the point of use.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be made to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a plan view of a blank for one form of the new carton;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with parts broken away of the carton loaded with a toy revolver; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The blank shown in Fig. 1 is for use in forming a car ton for a toy revolver having a grip 10, cylinder 11, a trigger guard 12, a striking plate 13, and a hammer 14 adapted to strike the plate. -The blank includes a base panel 15 of paperboard or other suitable material and it is of a size substantially larger than the outline of the toy revolver which the carton is to receive. The base panel is provided with openings into which parts of the revolver may be inserted, and the panel shown includes an opening 16 conforming to the shape of the grip and an opening 17 corresponding in shape to the cylinder. The base panel is also provided with a number of flaps, of which the flap 18 lies at one corner of the opening 17 and is adapted to be swung out of the plane of the base panel and inserted between the hammer and the striking plate of a revolver lying against the panel with its cylinder in the opening 17. The flap 19 lies at one side of the cylinder and is adapted to be swung out of the plane of the base panel and passed through the trigger guard of the revolver lying in contact with the base panel. The flap 2G is of U-shape and it can be swung out of the plane of panel 15 to provide an opening for receiving the end of-the barrel ofa revolver in the carton.

A connecting panel 21 is integrally attached along one side edge to a side edge of the base panel and, along its opposite side edge, to one side edge of an outer panel 22. The panel 22 is of the general shape of a holster and it is provided along its other side edge with a tongue 23 which is adapted to be received in a slot 24 in the base panel.

In converting the blank into a carton, the connecting and outer panels are folded inwardly on the side edge of the base panel 15 and the connecting panel is aflixed by adhesive to the outer surface of the base panel. When EPatented Feb. 28, 1961 the connecting and outer panels are in this position, the tongue 23 overlies the slot 24 since the width of the outer panel is greater than the distance across the base panel between the inner edge of the connecting panel 21 and the extension of the slot. Accordingly, in order to insert the tongue in the slot, the outer panel must be bulged upwardly and, in this condition, the panel co-operates with the base panel to form a holster pocket for receiving a toy revolver.

In loading the carton, the tongue 23 is pulled out of slot 24 and the outer panel is swung upwardly and away from the base panel. Also, the flaps 18, 19, and 2d are swung upwardly to lie substantially at right angles to the plane of the base panel. The barrel of the revolver is then inserted through the opening defined by the inner side of flap 20 and the base panel and the grip and cylinder of the rovolver are inserted in the openings 16, 17, respectively. As the revolver is placed in this position, the hammer is pulled back to permit the flap 1% to be inserted between the hammer and the striking plate and then released to clamp the flap against the plate. Also, the flap 19 is caused to pass through the trigger guard in front of the trigger. The carton may then be closed by swinging the outer panel down against the outer sur face of the revolver and inserting the tongue 23 in the slot 24. As this is done, the end of flap 19 is folded down to lie against the side of the trigger guard. Accordingly, in the loaded carton, the outer panel holds the revolver with its grip and cylinder snugly received in the openings 16, 17 and the hammer and striking plate grip the flap 18 between them. The flaps 19, 20 also contribute to holding the revolver firmly in position and the various features of the carton described thus co-operate to insure that the revolver will not fall out of the carton if the latter is inverted.

The new carton resembles a holster and can be appropriately printed to enhance the resemblance. The carton makes an attractive package for a toy revolver and can be quickly loaded and unloaded.

I claim:

1. A package comprising a toy revolver having a grip, a cylinder, a trigger guard, a striking plate, and a barrel, and a carton enclosing at least'the barrel and formed of a base panel having openings for partly receiving the grip and the cylinder, and outer panel connected along one side edge to the base panel, interengaging parts on the base panel and the other side edge of the outer panel, the part of the outer panel between its side edges bulging outwardly from the base panel to provide space for the barrel, cylinder, and trigger guard, and a flap struck from the base panel and having an opening receiving the outer end of the barrel. 1

2. The package of claim 1, in which a flap struck from the base panel lies within the trigger guard.

3. The package of claim 1, in which a flapstruckfrom the base panel is held tightly against the striking plate by the hammer. v

4. The package of claim 1, in which a connecting panel integrally connected to adjacent side edges of the base and outer panels is afiixed to the outer face of the base panel, the other side edge of the outer panel being provided with one of the interengagaing parts.

References Cited in the file of this patent I White Aug. 6, 1957 

